Enlighten me please!

   IIRC there is a story of a small yacht surfing the bow/stern wave of a big yacht for hours on end gaining miles - not sure if it was the fastnet/ hobart of the RTW race racew; but it is something that does work - not for cats as we don't leave so much of a wake....

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Scooby_simon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415	Post Options Post Reply Quote Scooby_simon Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Enlighten me please! Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 7:54am
	IIRC there is a story of a small yacht surfing the bow/stern wave of a big yacht for hours on end gaining miles - not sure if it was the fastnet/ hobart of the RTW race racew; but it is something that does work - not for cats as we don't leave so much of a wake....
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Stefan Lloyd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stefan Lloyd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 05 at 8:05am
	In a yacht on a beam reach, you can ride the stern wave of a slightly bigger boat and gain. You need to be on the leeward wave because if you place yourself to windward, they will almost certainly luff for clear air. It needs to be something just a few feet longer because bigger than that will still pull away from you. It also needs to be a beam reach because that is when the generated wave system is largest. Since we tend to do windward/leewards these days, the scope for this trick is less than it used to be.